>>I've tried creating a grid class with 5 columns.
>>
>>But when I try to decrease the column count to 4
>>when creating a
>>form using this grid object, I get the error
>>message "Member COLUMN4 is a class member".
>>
>>So I'm curious as to whether you are actually
>able
>>to decrease
>>the column count when creating a form, and how
>you
>>are able to
>>do this.
>AH!! ran into the same problem before I started
>using Maxtech's
>framework. Basically it has a field for grdbase
>(the subclassed Grid class) that is called
>ncolumns. set to 10, but when you set it to 5,
>then in the init code of the grdbase at
>instantiation time, it will just do
>grdbase.columncount=ncolumns. The only thing i
>don't like is that while working with the form, i
>see all ten columns all the time, even though i
>know it'll be reduced to 5.
>
>learned a heck of a lot from using MaxTech's free
>framework... lots of documentation and notes on
>the classes... you should download it and try it
>out... compuserve has it in VFOX. Perhaps I'll ask
>Drew if he'll upload it to here...

Jim

I uploaded Drews examples here. I asked him & said sure & preferred I uploaded them. I assume the same applies.

Tom